‘My body is a temple but I treat it like my neighbour’s house. All boarded up and completely worn down’ is repeated twice at the beginning of queer Philadelphia duo Coping Skill’s ‘Bagel Fruit Water’. The band state it’s their ode to the way we treat our bodies like shit when we feel bad and…
After a few years away, Snow Patrol have made a welcome return with ‘Don’t Give In’ – the first single from forthcoming album ‘Wildness’. Kicking off with Gary Lightbody’s heartfelt vocals stating the title of the track, the song was originally written for a friend of Gary’s who was going through a tough time. It…
Ahead of a short run of dates with Black Peaks (we’ll see you at the Westy in Aldershot, yeah?), Brighton’s InTechnicolour have unveiled the latest single from their as-yet untitled new album. The huge riffs that mark the opening of the song are ones their tour mates would be proud of and then the powerful…
Pip Hall – ‘Fire’ My Little Empire Records signing Pip Hall releases ‘Fire’ – the latest single from her forthcoming album (out this summer). Produced on her laptop, this song finds the Preston-based singer-songwriter laying bare her fears, anxieties and worries while criticising some of the choices she has made over the years: ‘My head…
The latest EP release from our friends at Fox Food Records is Fairy Godmother’s ‘Attic Space’. Available on limited-edition cassette, it contains six lo-fi songs full of heart and honesty. Opening with a burst of ambient noise and chatter that sets the scene perfectly, you first hear Alyssa Thomas’s lilting vocals on second track ‘Tell…
itoldyouiwouldeatyou. Failure by Design Records. Alcopop! Records. There are a lot of brilliant, beautiful people involved in all three of these and now they’re set to come together with the release of the new ityiwey EP ‘Get Terrified’ (out 20 April) – a set of physically unreleased previous singles and new material. The title track…
Oslo’s Spielbergs (great name) have announced details of their debut EP ‘Distant Star’ and shared the hook-laden power-pop of ‘We Are All Going to Die’. With its precision drumming and fierce but melodic guitar riffs, it’s a song that instantly gets inside your head and it’s sure to delight fans of Japandroids, Beach Slang and…
The Districts – ‘Nighttime Girls’ In this “song about the allure of escapism and a character’s general preoccupation with shallowness and neon light”, The Districts are in alluring form. It opens with a burst of rousing drums before the Grizzly Bear-style guitar hooks and distorted vocals join the fray. A song that will appeal to…
We’re delighted to be premiering the video for Brutalligators‘ ‘You’re Brutalligatored’. This song finds the band rallying against the current state of the world and the way people are just sitting back and letting awful things happen. The short and sharp song opens with some faltering emo melodies befoere a punky attitude in the vein of…
Indoor Pets, the artists formerly known as Get Inuit, have returned with a song surprisingly bursting with positivity and pride. Frontman Jamie Glass is a self-confessed cynic but even he gives in to the power of love and this 2-and-a-half minute burst of power-pop captures all the joys that come with falling for someone as…
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